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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 1.1.2 and language support problem
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-19 8:50:45
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Robert Hagemann wrote:
> 
> Hi Carlo and all other,
> 
> <cite>
> I realize that the second and third selectors are fallbacks in case the
> first
> isn't available. Here is a more graphic description of what I have found...
> 
> Scenario 1:
> Choice 1. US English
> Choice 2. UK English          Color displayed as Colour
> Choice 3. US English
> 
> Scenario 2:
> Choice 1. US English
> Choice 2. US English          Color displayed as Colour
> Choice 3. UK English
> 
> Scenario 3:
> Choice 1. US English
> Choice 2. US English          Color displayed as Color
> Choice 3. US English
> 
> So why, if choice 1 is set to US English for scenarios 1 and 2, does it
> still
> display the UK spelling for color whereas the only way to get the US
> spelling
> for color, you must select US English for all three choices?
> </cite>
> 
> Just a shot into the dark:
> Maybe your US English dict has no entry for "color", then the word isn't
> translated at all and "color" is from
> the source code. Otherwise in UK English there is found "colour" and it is
> used no matter which ranking it
> is given, because it's the only translation.
> 
You're really fishing in the dark here :)
The fact is that there is no dictionary for US english. It's the
default! :)

Greetings, Stephan

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